Pam, It's a scam, don't for heaven's sake fill in the form. Don't just be cautious, put the email into your SPAM folder. Susan.
Sent from my iPad > On 1 Jun 2015, at 4:05 pm, Tim Law <t...@peoplehelp.com.au> wrote: > > Pat have you submitted all this detail yet? > > I think you’re right to be very cautious. > > Can you check the address bar at the top of the browser, and ensure it is a > genuine Apple site? > Or what other way have you determined that the site is genuine? > > Tim > >> On 1 Jun 2015, at 1:36 pm, clamsh...@iinet.net.au wrote: >> >> Dear WAMUGers, >> >> I received an email, supposedly from Apple, that says someone has used my ID >> to sign in on Face Time and iMessage on a phone that is not mine. >> >> The page looks authentic, (and probably is), but as I filled out the form to >> unblock my ID, some of the questions are: all the details of my credit card, >> bank account number, bank BSB. In this day and age of increasingly >> sophisticated hacking, what a bonanza for some criminal. Apple really >> shouldn’t lump these questions together. I put in all my personal data, and >> answered the security question. But I really baulk at supplying these >> important card and bank account details in this manner. >> >> Shame on you, Apple! You need to make it a 2-stage procedure: First get some >> of the information verified - email address, date of birth, address. Then, >> in the second stage, get the financial information, if you must. >> >> What do you think;? Should I just meekly fill in the form and hope for the >> best? At the very least, I would like to make Apple aware of this bad idea. >> >> Apologies for the rant. >> Pat >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
